Stop attachment for window-shades.



H. L. STEIDEL. STOP ATTACHMENT FOR WINDOW SHADES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.18, 1913. 1,089,731 a Patented Mar. 10, 1914,

U STAT HUGO L. scrnmnt, or ARLINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

STOP ATTACHMENT FOR WINDOW-SHADES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914:.

Application filed January 18, 1913. Serial No. 742,799.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I HUGO L. citizen of the United States, residing atArlington, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stop Attachments forWindow-Shades; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention is a window shade attach- S'IEIDEL, a

ment that is designed to be detachably secured to a window shade,preferably at the bottom or stick end, and to project so as to engageeither the Window-sash or the window-frame to prevent the snapping ofthe shade up to and around the roller, if the string by which the shadeis operated is released while one of the pawls of the shade roller isnot engaged.

It is well known that it very often happens When the shade is releasedin the above-described manner, it winds around the shade roller a numberof times, thus permitting an unwinding of the spring, somctimes damagingthe roller or the shade, and also necessitating the rearrangement of theshade from a chair or step-ladder.

To overcome this diiiiculty I have devised an attachment which engageseither the meeting rail of the lower sash on its under face, or the topof the window-frame to halt the shade when it is traveling upward.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a section through a window showing the shade and itsattachment in elevation. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view showing the bottomend of the shade and its attachment. Fig. 3 is a back view of theattachment removed from the shade.

In the drawing I show an ordinary window-frame 10 with an upper sash 11and a lower sash 12 and a shade roller 13 on which is mounted the shade14. The roller is not shown in detail but is of the usual spring ,rollertype which will rapidly wind up if released suddenly in the operation ofthe shade; The bottom end of the shade has a stick or similarstifl'ening device 15, and

in this specification and in the claims I call this end of the shade thestick end. Attached to the bottom or stick end of the shade is a plate16 which is bent down as i at 17, and at the bottom end it is bent intoa loop 18 and then into an upwardly extendm wall 19 whereby a trou h isformed nto which the stick end 0 the shade, with its stick 15, is slid.The spring actlon or the pressing together of the sides can be utilizedto more safely secure the attachment, but I prefer to fasten 1t byfastening means, such as the screws 20. The plate 16 projects from theshade far enough to permit its engagement with the under side of the topmeeting rail 2]. of the lower sash 12, as shown at a in Fl) 1. It Willbe understood that if the shade is being manipulated and it suddenlyslips from the fingers of the person moving the shade, the shade willmove upward until the attachment arrives at the osition a in Fi 1 wheret will be stopped y its engagemeiit with the meeting rail of the sash.If for some reason it should pass this meetin rail 21, it will stop inthe position b in F1 1, thus preventing the winding ofthe shade aroundthe roller and the consequent wrapping of the string or cord. If astring or cord is used on a shade supplied with my attachment, the cordwill be suspended from the stick end which halts at b in Fig. 1, so thatit can be grasped, since it is not wound around the shade roller.

To make the descent of the attachment easier and to prevent its being anobstruction when the shade is pulled down, I provide the attachment withthe upwardly and outwardly inclined part 22 which can be formedsubstantially broad as shown in Fig. 3, this portion acting as a fenderso that when the shade is pulled down below the meeting rails of thesashes, the inclined face of the portion 22 moves easily over themeeting rail and there is no appreciable stopping of the shade.

The device can be ornamented as desired, and its weight and size willvary somewhat with the character and size of the shade.

The window shade attachment when placed on the outside of the shade andextending a considerable distance above the stick, is thrown away fromthe roller when the stick end of the roller starts to go over the windowshade, and is thus in a sense projected from the shade so as topositively point with the stop resting against the bot- 3O engage theframe above the roller and halt I tom edge of the ra l.

the shade. 3. The 'comblnatlon of a window frame Havin thus described myinvention, and sashes having a meeting rall, with a What I o aim is 1window shade, and a metal plate formed 1. The combination of a windowframe i into a wide trough to receive the stick end 25 so as to engagethe bottom of the rail with 3 of the shade and prOJectmg above the stickwindow shade, and a stop on the front of and from the front of the shadeso as to the shade and disposed to project therefrom form a flat topplate to engage the rail, the so as to engagethe bottom of the railswith plate having an upwardly and outwardly its top edge so as to haltthecurtain at an inclined curved part extending from the 30 trough tothe plate. p v

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis fourteenth 1913. HUGO L. STEIDEL.

Witnesses:

WM. E. REIBEL, HENRY F. Wowsrnnrn.

intermediate point in its range of travel.

2'. The combination of a Window frame and sasheshaving a meeting rail,with a window shade, and a stop at the bottom of the shade andprojecting from the front thereofl the stop being arranged so that therail is in its path of travel whereby the shade can be stopped at apredetermined 1 day of January,

it is hereby certified that 1914, upon the application of Hugoimprovement in Step Attachments for Window-Shades, an error appears inthe printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page strikeout line 7, and insert the words and sashes having a meeting mil, witha; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correctiontherein that the-same may conform to the record of the case in thePatent Ofice. I

Signed and sealed this 21st day ofiApril, A. D., 191%.

min i a. 1. Newton,

Acting Uommissioner of Patents.

' Correction in Letters Patent No. 1,089,231.

in Letters Patent No. 1,089,731, granted March 1'0,

L. Steidel, of Arlington, New Jersey, for an

